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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,501 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,319 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 84 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #92 most popular major in Kentucky.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for design students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Design & Applied Arts

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our analysis found University of Kentucky to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, design graduates from UK carry an average student debtload of $22,173.

UK also made our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #4.

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Kentucky University is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,392 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,446
Virginia 889
North Carolina 944
Florida 1,128
Tennessee 296
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 228
Alabama 246
Mississippi 81
West Virginia 114

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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